101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life: Volume 2

101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2 by David Riklan Self-Improvement: The Top 101 Experts Who Help Us Improve Our Lives by David Riklan I have deliberately bought these two books to be used as an intellectual resource on optimum performance technologies. Combined them with my earlier acquisition of Tom Butler-Brown's trilogy of books (which I have already reviewed), namely: - 50 Self Help Classics; - 50 Success Classics; - 50 Spiritual Classics; & my impending requisition of the author's latest '50 Psychology Classics', I now have, in my hands, more than 2,000 pages of well-researched & systematically organised information nuggets. What a formidable intellectual resource! I have browsed the foregoing two books very quickly & I generally concur with most of the positive reviews by other reviewers, especially Donald Mitchell. For readers who are still scouting for peak performance technologies, please go no further. Just follow my personal example.

This book has many strengths, from the credentials of the experts included to the variety of the topics they have chosen to write about. For some of us, the words "Improve Your Life" are frightening because there is, of course, so much work to be done. David Riklan's book is accessible, though, for each topic is short, sweet and pragmatic. If you're a writer, turn to pages 384-386, where you'll find Kelly Robbins' thoughts about using your words to focus on your life's challenges. If you're struggling with relationships, John Gray has some excellent advice on page 266. I especially like Shirley Cheng's "Dance With Your Heart" essay on page 350 because it presents such a positive approach to life. When it comes to titles, Alan Cohen's "Mistake Salad," is especially apt, and the words that follow are a great story with a thought-provoking question about the role of mistakes in our lives. Each of the essays in the book presents a bite-sized idea that, when pondered, makes for a very filling and nutritious meal.

At the time I read volume 1 of this great series, I couldn't imagine how David Riklan could possibly top that accomplishment. But somehow he did! If you liked that book, order this one immediately. Like volume 1, volume 2 headlines articles by many famous authors: Jack Canfield; Richard Carlson; Alan Cohen; John Gray; and Bob Proctor. Beyond those marquee names, you'll also find many other excellent, previously published authors like: Lisa Angelettie; Ellyn Bader; Deborah Baker-Receniello; Annette Bau; Alex Benzer; Suzanne Blake; Teresa Bolen; Shirley Cheng; Annette Colby; Deanna Davis; Signe Dayhoff; John Dempsey; Shawn Driscoll; Catherine Eagan; J. Victor Eagan; Ronald Finklestein; Jeannie Fitzsimmons; Donald Flack; Mary Foley; John Forman; Leah Grant; Jeanne-Marie Grumet; Anne Hartley; Craig Howe; Anita Jefferson; Karen Jones; Dave Kurlan; Mary Jo Kurtz; Judy Lawrence; David Lazear; Leah Light; Chunyi Lin; Vicki Spring Love; Talia Mana; Peggy McColl; Dee McCrorey; Kathleen McGraw; Barbara McRae; June Marshall; Lesley Moore; Relly Nadler; Neill Neill; Anne Nelson; Michael Norwood; Sally O'Brien; Kara Oh; Heather O'Hara; Samuel Okoro; Sandy Paris; Peter Pearson; Nancy Pina; Susan Ratynski; Michael Rayel; Trish Regan; Nancy Richards; John Rifkin; Kelly Robbins; Michael Ruge; Daniel Saintjean; Linda Salazar; Linda Sapadin; Suzanne Schell; Karen Sherman; Colleen Hoffman Smith; Andreas Stark; Pauline Wallin; Brian Walsh; Margie Warrell; and Cathi Watson. Lest you think that the best writing is by the best-known authors, the best written piece in the book is by Shirley Cheng, whose work you may not know yet . . . but you should. The title? Dance with Your Heart: How to Befriend Your Heart and the World around You Here are my other favorites: Action Today! by Daniel Saintjean Being Graceful Makes Your Life Happen by Guru Kaur Believe and You Will See by Peggy McColl Embrace Positive Fatalism by Samuel Okoro Failure Can Catapult Your Success by J. Victor Eagan Finding the Work You Love! by Keri Coffman-Thiede Five Steps to Creating a World-Class Social Network in Any City by Alex Benzer Give People What They Are Longing For! by Suzanne Schell Holding the Key to Your Emotions by Lesley Moore How Can Writing Improve Your Life? by Kelly Robbins How the Financial Markets Can Grow More Than Just Your Bank Account by John Forman How to Use the TV to Help You Save Time by Teresa Bolen Inspirational Tennis by Dave Kurlan Learn to Choose by June Marshall Live Like Your Nail Color! by Mary Foley Make Small Talk? I'd Rather Eat Worms! by Signe Dayhoff Mastering Eyesight and Expanding Insight y Jeannie "Viveka" Fitzsimmons Persistence by Bob Proctor Putting Your Best Foot Forward Instead of Your Mouth by Jeanne-Marie Grumet Questions of Love by Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson Some Simple Rules for a Satisfying Life by Andreas Stark Ten Steps to Oratory Excellence by Craig Howe The Map Is Not the Territory by Christoph Schertler The Question Isn't How Smar

David Riklan has done it again. He managed to get 101 self-improvement gurus to collaborate and share their collective wisdom. The result is '101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life-Volume 2'. The stories will improve your relationship with yourself, others, and the universe. Covering an enormous array of topics, the common denominator of the stories is that they will help you think more positively and feel and function better. Shirley Cheng's chapter entitled 'Dance With Your Heart: How To Befriend Your Heart And The World Around You' is my favorite. She provides clear guidelines on how to not only dance with your heart but on how to become a dancing heart. It is a beautiful and instructive chapter written by this young woman who is a blind and physically disabled poet and author. I learned more about her by visiting the website [...] The book is filled with many other stories to help you discover countless ways of feeling better and improving your life. Enthusiastically recommended.